Friday, January 11, 2013

If You Need a Good Laugh....Read This

Cows grazing in the side yard.....by accident.

Blogging always gives the illusion of perfection, does it not? We share what is nice and not too ugly, for those who choose to read it.

Until now.

Because, we are far from perfect here on the farmette. Most days I struggle to come up with something semi-stimulating to write about on this blog. But, sometimes chance throws something our way that is much too chuckle-inducing not to share.

Before your mind starts racing, we were ASLEEP. That is until 12:19am. At that moment I considered that Jesus had appeared and was there in the bedroom to lead us into heaven.

As Secret Agent Man put it...."That was exhilarating!". I wouldn't say that I shared that sentiment. Long story short, the side-rail cracked and sent his side plummeting.....as we have a high rise four poster bed. It was a long way down.

No repairs were going to be made at that time and the mattress was on the floor for the rest of the night/morning. The dogs were loving it. We were not.

54 comments:

Definitely chuckle worthy. What a ride! Anyone who says, 'That was exhilarating!' after waking up like that is the kind of easy going person I should be around because I would have been freaked out and grumpy. I guess we know what's on SAM's honey-do list this weekend. Btw, love that bucolic pic. Happy Friday!

ha, that is kind of funny! what a scare though!our last house we lived in was very old, 150 years old. not too long after moving in, we swear our bed rose and landed with a crash. we were both asleep and felt our whole bed just jump....it was weird. we both woke up, my husband said "did our bed just jump" and i said "yes, i think so" and he said "that was weird" i said "uh-huh" and we both went to back to sleep. our bed was undamaged in the jumping ;)still no clue what that was!

So cute! I love the bed story! Our bed is an impossibly heavy English bed made (and dated) in 1686---Yes, 1686! While some other of our antiques may someday creak and give out such as a chair or a table with a wonky leg, this bed is as solid as if it were granite, and held together with the original long, heavy wooden pins! No worries about ever rudely crashing onto the floor in the middle of the night!Maryhttp://anhistoricallady.blogspot.com

Wow, talk about a wakeup call. That would not be good. Probably funny in the morning but not at night. We had a similar thing happen as were sleeping on a airbed,(at one of our daughter's) the kind that are normal bed height. But, at least, it was a slow trip to the floor.

Hi Michelle, What a great story, indeed, and it will keep me smiling all weekend I'm sure. These things happen, don't they ... and they sort of keep us "grounded" in a funny way. Always enjoy your blog, have a great weekend! John

My son's bed, the top bunk, fell on one end one night, thankfully missing the child on the bottom. When we ran into the room to see what had happened, he was still asleep in a pile, at the bottom of the mattress slide. I'm sure once I got over the initial fear and shock, I might think it was exhilarating as well.

First, your picture of the cows in the side yard need to be in a magazine...LOVE the PEACEFUL LOOK! I knew a lady who had a shop of a few years ago...It was called...COWS in the CREEK. Just sayin....And I can't keep from smiling about the BED story..too funny...It has happened to me too in my Younger years. They become GREAT stories for the future!! Enjoy your weekend...you have made me SMILE!!! Roxie

funny!when i lived farther south...the couple across the road had cows...and they would'get out' every now and then, and we'd wake in the morning to MOOOOO's and cows munching their way through our yard...haha!!

but i have one more thing to add...although i never had a bed collapse under me...i did have a ceiling fan fall in the middle of the night!! i don;t like those middle of the night unexpected happenings!!

troutbirder you are a sly one! I have a cast iron rail 4 poster bed stored forgotten for over 50 years in an old chicken coop - bed is over a 100 years old...with the pillowtop mattress to climb into bed stands stands close to 3 feet tall Im not sure what they were storing in those days under the bed...chickens? anyhow, its not going to collapse anytime soon - end of the world im going to sit on that bed... anyhow, glad to hear that no one was impaled on the way down at your house - try explaining that one to 911...your reputation would be ruined - "the merry widow" yikes!

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